Hotel description
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RUA DOM PAIO PERES CORREIA
TAVIRA
Portugal |
-(L)-LUXURY HOTEL
ADDITIONAL HOTEL DESCRIPTION
THE GRACA CONVENT IN TAVIRA WAS ONCE THE CONVENT
OF THE CLOISTERED AUGUSTINIAN NUNS, WHICH WAS
FOUNDED BY KING D. SEBASTIAO AROUND 1569. IT
STANDS ON THE CASTLE HILL ON THE SITE OF WHAT WAS
ONCE MOST LIKELY THE JEWISH QUARTER. ITS MOST
NOTEWORTHY FEATURES ARE THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY
RENAISSANCE CLOISTER AND BOTH BAROQUE STYLE FACADE
FACING THE MAIN SQUARE AND THE CENTRAL
STAIRCASSSE. ARCHEOLOGIC TRACES OF ISLAMIC ORIGIN
WERE DISCOVERED DURING THE RESTORATION WORK. AS A
RESULT, THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION PLANS HAD TO BE
CHANGED SO IT COULD INCLUDE THE RUINS IN THE NEW
BUILDING, WHERE THEY ARE NOW PARTIALLY VISIBLE
FROM THE BAR. THE DESIGN INCLUDES A MULTI-PRUPOSE
HALL (IN THE OLD CHURCH).
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